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About 200,000 South Koreans have been adopted in the United States, Europe and Australia in the last six decades, creating what’s believed to be the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees.
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Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
By sharing their experiences online, adoptees and adoptee advocates have pushed for a new narrative that decenters adoptive parents and amplifies adoptee voices.
—Maya Cederlund, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Demand for Chinese adoptees was rising too fast for the country to keep up.
—Barbara Demick, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
Helena creates a circle with white fabric and invites different groups of people in, starting with adoptees.
—Arin Yoon, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024
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Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
By sharing their experiences online, adoptees and adoptee advocates have pushed for a new narrative that decenters adoptive parents and amplifies adoptee voices.
—Maya Cederlund, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Demand for Chinese adoptees was rising too fast for the country to keep up.
—Barbara Demick, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
Helena creates a circle with white fabric and invites different groups of people in, starting with adoptees.
—Arin Yoon, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Adoptee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adoptee. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē 
: a person who is adopted
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